Bring back our own, original R-rated 'Grease'

Posted: 1/8/09 at 2:55pm

From the Chicago Tribune Theater Blog:

"This racy, edgy “Grease” was a huge hit in 1971. And as its refreshingly candid creator Jim Jacobs freely admits, “Grease” was never the same again after it....“When we went to New York,” Jacobs said this week, “we were told it was necessary to make the characters lovable, instead of scaring everybody. The show went from about three-quarters book and one-quarter music to one-quarter book and three-quarters music.”

Director Michael Bennett came in to see it (but decided that he’d add feathers and ruin it). And it went to Broadway....."

Interesting read.

The Theater Loop

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/8/09 at 4:00pm

I would love to see what the original production was like, but that article is so bitter and condescending, it really isn't much of a persuasive argument.